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covert    音标拼音: [k'ovɚt]
a. 隐蔽的,偷偷摸摸的,隐密的
n. 树丛,隐藏处

隐蔽的,偷偷摸摸的,隐密的树丛,隐藏处

covert
adj 1: secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or
shown or avowed; "covert actions by the CIA"; "covert
funding for the rebels" [ant: {open}, {overt}]
2: (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband; "a
woman covert"
n 1: a flock of coots
2: a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something; "a
screen of trees afforded privacy"; "under cover of darkness";
"the brush provided a covert for game"; "the simplest
concealment is to match perfectly the color of the
background" [synonym: {screen}, {cover}, {covert}, {concealment}]

Covert \Cov"ert\, n. [OF. See {Covert}, a.]
1. A place that covers and protects; a shelter; a defense.
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A tabernacle . . . for a covert from storm. --Is.
iv. 6.
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The highwayman has darted from his covered by the
wayside. --Prescott.
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2. [Cf. F. couverte.] (Zool.) One of the special feathers
covering the bases of the quills of the wings and tail of
a bird. See Illust. of {Bird}.
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Covert \Cov"ert\ (k?v"?rt), a. [OF. covert, F. couvert, p. p. of
couvrir. See {Cover}, v. t.]
1. Covered over; private; hid; secret; disguised.
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How covert matters may be best disclosed. --Shak.
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Whether of open war or covert guile. --Milton
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2. Sheltered; not open or exposed; retired; protected; as, a
covert nook. -- Wordsworth.
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Of either side the green, to plant a covert alley.
--Bacon.
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3. (Law) Under cover, authority or protection; as, a feme
covert, a married woman who is considered as being under
the protection and control of her husband.
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{Covert way}, (Fort.) See {Covered way}, under {Covered}.

Syn: Hidden; secret; private; covered; disguised; insidious;
concealed. See {Hidden}.
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224 Moby Thesaurus words for "covert":
abri, abstruse, air-raid shelter, armored, asylum, back-door,
backstairs, beclouded, between the lines, blanket, blind,
bolt-hole, bomb shelter, bombproof, boscage, bosket, brake, bunker,
buried, burrow, by stealth, cache, camouflaged, canebrake, cased,
cave, ceiled, ceja, chamisal, chaparral, clandestine, cloak,
cloaked, close, clouded, coat, coated, concealed, concealment,
coped, coppice, copse, copsewood, corner, couch, cover, coverage,
covered, covering, covertly, coverture, cowl, cowled, cowling,
cranny, cryptic, cubby, cubbyhole, curtain, curtained,
cyclone cellar, dark corner, delitescent, den, disguised, dormant,
drape, drapery, dugout, earth, eclipsed, encapsulated, encapsuled,
encased, enveloped, enwrapped, esoteric, fallout shelter, feather,
feathers, feline, filmed, floored, form, foxhole, frith, funk hole,
furtive, furtively, guarded, guise, hackle, hanging, harbor,
harborage, haven, hibernating, hid, hidden, hideaway, hideout,
hidey hole, hiding, hiding place, hidlings, hole, hole-and-corner,
hood, hooded, housed, housing, hugger-mugger, hush-hush,
in a cloud, in a fog, in camera, in eclipse, in purdah,
in the wings, incommunicado, lair, latent, lodge, loricate,
loricated, lurking, mail, mantle, mantled, mask, masked, mew,
motte, muffled, mysterious, mystic, niche, nook, obfuscated,
obscure, obscured, occult, occulted, packaged, pall, paved,
plumage, port, possible, potential, privately, privy, quiet,
recess, recondite, refuge, retreat, roofed-in, run, safety zone,
sanctuary, screen, screened, scummed, secluded, secluse, secret,
secret place, sequestered, sheathed, shelled, shelter, shield,
shielded, shifty, shroud, shrouded, skulking, sleeping, slinking,
slinky, sly, sneaking, sneaky, speculum, stash, stealthily,
stealthy, storm cave, storm cellar, sub rosa, submerged,
surreptitious, surreptitiously, swathed, tented, thicket, thickset,
trench, tunnel, under an eclipse, under cover, under house arrest,
under the surface, under wraps, under-the-counter, under-the-table,
undercover, undercovert, underground, underhand, underhanded,
underlying, unknown, unmanifested, unobtrusive, veil, veiled,
vestment, virtual, walled, walled-in, wrapped, wrapped in clouds

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  • COVERT Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    secret, covert, stealthy, furtive, clandestine, surreptitious, underhanded mean done without attracting observation secret implies concealment on any grounds for any motive
  • COVERT Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
    COVERT definition: concealed or disguised; secret: covert behavior See examples of covert used in a sentence
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  • Covert - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com
    Covert is the opposite of overt, which means obvious, or in full view Covert things are hidden, private, or stealthy It comes from the Old French covert, or "covered "
  • Covert - definition of covert by The Free Dictionary
    Define covert covert synonyms, covert pronunciation, covert translation, English dictionary definition of covert adj 1 Not openly practiced, avowed, engaged in, accumulated, or shown: covert military operations; covert funding for the rebels
  • COVERT Synonyms: 116 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-Webster
    Some common synonyms of covert are clandestine, furtive, secret, stealthy, surreptitious, and underhanded While all these words mean "done without attracting observation," covert stresses the fact of not being open or declared





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